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Biographical Data of John B. Connally (open access)

Biographical Data of John B. Connally

Detailed summary of the personal life, career (from service in World War II through appointment as Secretary of the Navy), and accomplishments of John B. Connally.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Biographical Sketch of Manuel Orgain] (open access)

[Biographical Sketch of Manuel Orgain]

Biographical summary of Manuel Orgain, a "Negro cowman" who drove freight wagons and herded cattle and livestock through several trails across Texas, and to other states. It recounts several specific events, including a story about the 1869 flood on the San Gabriel River, and other storms.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Biography of Dudley H. Snyder] (open access)

[Biography of Dudley H. Snyder]

Biography of Dudley Snyder, a cattle rancher and businessman. This handwritten paper includes his birth in Mississippi, early businesses, and time on the Chisholm Trail.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sharpe, John McKee, Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biography of Esotonia Bencomo (open access)

Biography of Esotonia Bencomo

This is a research paper written about Esotonia Bencomo by a relative of hers for an American History Class at Marfa High School. It describes her life of being raised by her grandmother and how she went off to college and never married.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Biography of Gertrude Johnson and Winnie Johnson] (open access)

[Biography of Gertrude Johnson and Winnie Johnson]

Photocopy of a biography of Gertrude (Mrs. Frank A.) Johnson and Winnie (Mrs. E. W.) Johnson that talks about the two women as founding members of the Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas. The document also states that the two women will be given "Honorary Life Memberships in the Women of the Church" for their work through out the years to the church. At the bottom of the first page there is "From Church: Westlake Presbyterian Church Collection, Notebook" handwritten in pen.
Date: 1971
Creator: Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Biography of James Winford Hunt (1875-1934)] (open access)

[Biography of James Winford Hunt (1875-1934)]

A biographical sketch of the life of James Winford Hunt (1875-1934) written by Xanna Carr Oates on the occasion of Hunt's death.
Date: 1934
Creator: Oates, Xanna Carr
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Biography of Jesse Blackwell] (open access)

[Biography of Jesse Blackwell]

This report gives a brief overview of the life of Jesse Blackwell, telling about his family and career as an educator.
Date: 1969~
Creator: Valenzuela, Velma
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biography of Mr. & Mrs. Bogel (open access)

Biography of Mr. & Mrs. Bogel

This report is written in two sections giving brief biographies of William Woodworth Bogel and his wife Sarah Newton Bogel. The report also includes a poem written by Mr. Whittier and dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. Bogel.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Rojo, Margarita
System: The Portal to Texas History
Black Education in Abilene: The Way We Were (open access)

Black Education in Abilene: The Way We Were

Essay regarding the history of "Black Education" in Abilene, Texas.
Date: [1968..]
Creator: Wiseman, Dorothy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Black Leadership Position Paper (open access)

Black Leadership Position Paper

Document discussing the Socialist Workers Party's actions, condemning their divisive actions, and supporting their termination from all activities of Latin-American assistance.
Date: April 18, 1981
Creator: Greene, Rick; Richardson, Lynda; Salas, Mario Marcel & Sanders, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Black's Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Martin Heidegger's Theory of Language

This paper discusses research on the philosophical connotations of words.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Guyden, Lateesha; Glazebrook, Patricia & Davenport, Beverly
System: The UNT Digital Library
Blended Learning During Pandemic Through Knowledge Management an Analytical Study (open access)

Blended Learning During Pandemic Through Knowledge Management an Analytical Study

Blended learning (BL) assimilates the best digital high-tech learning and traditional methods that involve students in network learning transcending physical boundaries. It has been embraced as a possibility so that knowledge can be distributed through time and space. KM-based approaches may be used to collect, coordinate, and transmit intelligence to control processes that can be utilized efficiently to recognize and share the most important details to address customer needs. This study aims to explain how to apply KM techniques in the BL environment to increase educational excellence and quality during pandemic situations. The specific consequences of BL actions are also stated in this paper. The quantitative approach was used in this study by using an electronic questionnaire from the students of the department of ISLM of the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Among the 272 students in the undergraduate program, 74 students replied to the online survey questionnaire. The gathered data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. The Findings of the study showed that KM can be used with BL during the COVID-19 pandemic, including integrated tasks, classroom instruction, online and e-learning. Finally, the study also proposed an intuitive model for applying BL through KM.
Date: December 2020
Creator: Hasan, Khandakar Kamrul; Mukherjee, Debarshi; Othman, Roslina & Mostofa, Sk Mamun
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Boerne Village Band, Past and Present (open access)

The Boerne Village Band, Past and Present

A history of the Boerne Village Band, a local band in Boerne, Texas, founded by Karl Dienger. The paper also explores Dienger's background, documents changes to the band, and provides dates for future performances.
Date: April 1994
Creator: Schelfrahn, Rudolf R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Bootstrapping Method for Building Subjectivity Lexicons for Languages with Scarce Resources (open access)

A Bootstrapping Method for Building Subjectivity Lexicons for Languages with Scarce Resources

This article discusses a bootstrapping method for building subjectivity lexicons for languages with scarce resources.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Banea, Carmen; Wiebe, Janyce M. & Mihalcea, Rada, 1974-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Border Patrol, It's History and Organization in Marfa (open access)

The Border Patrol, It's History and Organization in Marfa

Report by Mark Covington for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1966. It tells the history of the U.S. Border Patrol in Marfa, Texas, why it was necessary and some of the laws governing immigration. There are stories about liquor and dope smuggling, wetbacks, and activities during WWII.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Covington, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle Collection of George and Galen McCallum (open access)

Bottle Collection of George and Galen McCallum

Report by Galen McCallum about her collection of glass bottles.It gives a brief history of glass bottles, from individually blown glass bottles to manufactured bottles, descriptions of various bottles and some uses of glass bottles. Pages are included with descriptions of photos that were part of this report.
Date: January 14, 1974
Creator: McCallum, Galen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridging, Bonding, and Maintained Social Capital as Predictors of Psychological Well-Being in a WhatsApp Group (open access)

Bridging, Bonding, and Maintained Social Capital as Predictors of Psychological Well-Being in a WhatsApp Group

This paper reports findings from a study to understand how participants build and maintain social capital through group communication on WhatsApp.
Date: November 9, 2018
Creator: Samuel, Noah Oluwafemi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brief Account of the Life of H.A. Coffield (open access)

Brief Account of the Life of H.A. Coffield

Brief paper of Mayor Henry Allen Coffield, Mayor of Marfa, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Taylor, J. Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Brief History of Hereford Independent School District (open access)

A Brief History of Hereford Independent School District

Document describing the history of Hereford Independent School District starting with the opening of county schools in 1893 and ending with the 2004-2005 school year.
Date: 2004
Creator: Waters, Carolyn
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Brief History of Insecticides and Quail (open access)

A Brief History of Insecticides and Quail

This paper examines the types of insecticides that have been used in the United States, how quail could be exposed to these substances, and how they may have contributed to declining quail populations.
Date: July 25, 2017
Creator: Gobeli, Amanda; Thompson, Caitlin & Reyna, Kelly S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[A Brief History of My Experiences at McMurry] (open access)

[A Brief History of My Experiences at McMurry]

A four-page essay describing Jewel Posey's experiences at McMurry College. Posey was a student at McMurry (Class of 1927) and later was a faculty member.
Date: June 29, 1995
Creator: Posey, Jewel
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Brief History of the University of North Texas Music Library (open access)

A Brief History of the University of North Texas Music Library

This paper documents the history of the University of North Texas Music Library from the perspective of librarian Donna Arnold. It covers the stories and contributions of the librarians and staff who have served the UNT music library since its inception in 1940 until present-day.
Date: unknown
Creator: Arnold, Donna M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broadening access to books on Texas and Oklahoma: Final report, best practices, and lessons learned (open access)

Broadening access to books on Texas and Oklahoma: Final report, best practices, and lessons learned

This white paper provides a summary of grant activities and provides some best practices and lessons learned for other efforts to make out-of-print humanities books available in ebook format.
Date: March 20, 2020
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brother and Sister Carrasco (open access)

Brother and Sister Carrasco

This is a research paper written by Ninfa Porras for an American History Class at Marfa High School on January 17, 1977.
Date: January 17, 1977
Creator: Porras, Ninfa
System: The Portal to Texas History